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Liveblog: Apple iPhone 4 Press Conference

Apple has called a last-minute press conference to talk about the iPhone 4. …

Apple has decided to hold a short-notice press conference to discuss the iPhone 4, which most people believe will address the uproar over iPhone 4 antenna issues. Whether that will actually be the case remains to be seen, but we will be there to find out. The event begins at 10am PDT/1pm EDT (see it in your own timezone).

1. An acknowledgement of the issue, although downplaying it a bit. However, if there are users that are experiencing issues from it, come to the store and we'll either exchange your phone, add a bumper. However, most users are experience great service with the phones, based off of the number of sold phones versus reception complaints. With the upgraded OS 4.1 you'll see that the the bar display is more accurate and the degradation is minimal now due to accurate bars.

2. We'll forget about the antenna when they make the final announcement that Pre-Orders on the White phone can now be made... then all AT&T and Apple servers crash on friday so that people forget about the bad antenna news.

Yeah...this whole thing seems like a much bigger deal to bloggers than to actual users.

I upgraded from the original iPhone 2G and, while I can easily re-produce the whole "death grip" thing, my reception with my old iPhone was just as bad. Now, at least, I can hold my phone a little differently and get great reception. For me, at least, its just night and day comparing how much better the reception with the iPhone 4 is compared with my old 2G.

If Apple wants to give me a free bumper or whatever, that's cool, but I'm a happy customer either way.

While my coworkers and I discussed this at lunch, I declared this the "Like that LeBron special for nerds".

After some quick googling, I'm guessing it has something to do with Basketball, however I still have no fscking clue what you mean. Perhaps a little insight for those of us who don't really follow anything but the one true sport and even that sparingly.

My Prediction:-Steve admits there is a problem but downplays it.-To eliminate what he considers a small issue new iPhones will be sold with a non-conductive clearcoat around the antenna fixing the problem. This plays Apple up in making us think they make tweaks for small problems (even though this is a huge problem).-There will be no recall for current owners, if they're lucky he may offer discounts on bumpers. This will turn out like when they dropped the price of the iPhone a month after it was out. People will be pissed but eventually they will forget about it.-Between the iOS upgrade, the willingness to fix the problem, and the fact that most early adopters are Apple fanatics, Steve will get out without too much damage while looking sympathetic to the issue.

LeBron, who many labeled as the successor to Michael Jordan, was coming at an end of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. His handlers milked his decision to sign with another basketball team to the point that there was a 1-hour special on ESPN where his decision was reported live. The whole thing left a bad taste in the mouth of many folks in basketball - even the commissioner weighed in.

Hope that helps.

Although in Apple's case, it is not Apple who is milking this thing, but tech bloggers looking for click-through advertising revenue (though I am sure someone here will state that this is just another Apple-ploy for attention).

I'm curious to see what happens tomorrow, but I'm very happy with my iPhone 4. When I first saw the bumper, I knew that was going to be my new case. I had the bumper on my new iPhone before I even activated it. So, I've never even tried to reproduce the "death grip". Although I did reproduce it on my old 3GS before selling it.

If they give out free bumpers, I'll take another one. I'll get a different color like white though.

While my coworkers and I discussed this at lunch, I declared this the "Like that LeBron special for nerds".

After some quick googling, I'm guessing it has something to do with Basketball, however I still have no fscking clue what you mean. Perhaps a little insight for those of us who don't really follow anything but the one true sport and even that sparingly.

Before I moused over the link I was saying to myself "if that's not going to something NHL related, I'm going to have to rip into him."

LeBron, who many labeled as the successor to Michael Jordan, was coming at an end of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. His handlers milked his decision to sign with another basketball team to the point that there was a 1-hour special on ESPN where his decision was reported live. The whole thing left a bad taste in the mouth of many folks in basketball - even the commissioner weighed in.

You left out the most important part! Actually, the whole thread has...

Yeah...this whole thing seems like a much bigger deal to bloggers than to actual users.

Apparently you haven't read any iPhone related forums or comments on news stories.

Actual users are describing this problem in numbers that are only rarely seen by the tech industry. I can't remember the last time I saw this many reports, on a single problem, from actual users. It is almost impossible for there to be more evidence of the problem. Even consumer reports has verified the problem. If these reports aren't enough to convince you, nothing will convince you. You're simply choosing to ignore solid evidence.

LeBron, who many labeled as the successor to Michael Jordan, was coming at an end of his contract with the Cleveland Cavaliers. His handlers milked his decision to sign with another basketball team to the point that there was a 1-hour special on ESPN where his decision was reported live. The whole thing left a bad taste in the mouth of many folks in basketball - even the commissioner weighed in.

I never really understood why people were so upset about it, particularly on the NBA side. It was giving a lot of publicity (and not bad publicity, either) to the NBA in the off-season, and giving sports programs a reason to talk about the NBA in the middle of World Cup and the MLB season.

The open letter to fans from the head of the Cavaliers was one of the most hilariously butt-hurt things I've ever read from an adult male, however.

The open letter to fans from the head of the Cavaliers was one of the most hilariously butt-hurt things I've ever read from an adult male, however.

Could it have been worse than when Gretzky left Edmonton?

It was amazing, dude. The only way it could have been better was if the actual memo had "tear stains" on it and he'd pasted scrapbook pictures of LeBron and himself from "that one time they went up to the lake together".

You guys are really missing the significance of this and all the Apple events leading up to tomorrow. Tomorrow will CHANGE THE WORLD. Let me explain, starting with a brief history:

Napster funded iPods which funded OS X which funded iOS. That led to Steve Jobs to become rich enough to buy a liver from the wait list, thus depriving someone else. That person is now dead but would have eventually become the next hitler. Somewhere along the way Jony Ive came along. He created a mass media distraction with the iPhone antenna, allowing the CIA to covertly kill Kim Jong Il and replace him with a clone without creating international fanfare. This will diffuse the immediate threat of nuclear warfare in Asia. Scott Forstall and Phil Schiller have embedded tracking software in every mobile Apple device in an effort to detect signals from an alien craft which crash landed on earth in the 1700's. The technology on that alien ship will catapult mankind nearly a thousand years into the future: ending hunger, war, poverty, and enlightening all of mankind as to the true meaning of life. Strangely, the alien ship was picked up off the eastern seaboard of US by a merchant ship that unfortunately sunk while delivering the cargo to scientists in New York. Today, thanks to Scott and Phil, that ship has been found: